The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1887-03-17
Mrs. Gen. Mahone and daughter lett
New York for California on Monday last.

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Ms. Gen. Mahone and daughter left a
New York for California on Monday last.
Judge i L. Lewis has sufficiently re- !,
covered from his recent illness to resume :
the duties of President Of the Court OF
Appeals.
Dr.. Hunter Mcclure, of Richmond will
deliver the annual address to the Alumni
of the Jefferson Medical College next
month.
Mai. A. Taylor. q prominent citizen OF
Rockingham county. died last week from
a ,ancerous affection CT the throat, aged
about IS years.
Hon. Willis p Bocock formerly attor-
ney general of Virginia, died at the resi-
denee of his brother, Hon. Thos. S. b. j
cock, in Appomattox county on Monday
last. aged about so years.
The Lynchburg Vugiaia'a was sold last
Monday to a syndicate of business men,
of whom Alex. Macdonald was one. for
$1,000 Mai. Macdonald will edit the pa
PEE and give TO it vigor and life it has
not enjoyed for some months.
w. B. Brown. Republican candidate for
the State Senate from the Franklin coun-
ty district. was elected last week by a ma.
i)rity of 25 over his Democratic Compel
OF. The county gave Lee majority of
over LEGO in 1855. This is gain for the
r publicans.
Under the preaching and singing of the
erangelists, Rev. Brown and Mr.. Avis.
over ], 000 persons professed conversion at
Charlottesville, up to last week. The
sane workers arc holding meetings in
r edmond now, and last week in one day
over 100 professed religion.
The West Virginia Coal River Mining
AMI Lumber Company has had issued
charter by the Secretary of that State
The capital stock is $76i,00o- Messrs.
Robert Mitchell and Frank j. Harrison,
of Baltimore. own S25o,oO0 each Of The
st ,ck. The charter covers large tract OF
Goa and timber land on Coal river.
We have received the Grst number of tie
Southeast Industrial Journal. publisht d
at Tazewel c. H., monthly, at 81 per ar
mum. 1t is to be devoted to the matelial
interests OF the section in which it is pnb-
iished. The issue before lis is very credi-
tao.e. and We haye no DOUBT the paper will
be reliable agent in calling attention to
theresources of that section.
Judge CHARLES i. Sinclair, a prominent
mem aer of the lar Of Prince william coun-
ty, Va, 50 years Of age, was found dead On
the floor at his home in Manassas Friday
morning. Death is supposed to have re-
suited from apop.exy In 1857 the deceas-
Ell was appointed United States district
Judge of Utah by President buchanan,
and during the war he was in the secret
service Of the Confederacy.
The jury in thecase Of Charles D. Ward
on trial for killing his brolher-in-aw
Saml. Jewell. near Elinburg. Shenandoah
county. Oh the 27th of January, Friday
evening rendered a verdict Of three years
1.-The penitentiary. Ward is sixteen years
of age, ard the shooting. it WIS claimed
grew out Of abusive language used by Jew
ell towards Ward mother.
D. S. Lewis. Esq editor o. the Harri
sonburg Va!tey Spirit. is candidate for thu
Office of clelk of Rockingham county court
and we hope lie Will be elected. III is ;
well read lawyer. a gentleman Of fine III
teiligence. courteous manners, and would
make most admirable officer. His cleo
tion would be al appropriate recognition
of his valuable services 10 the county IL
his editorial capacity.
The temperance fight is opening on {
large scale in Texas. The prohibiiionlst:
having secured tie passage Of pIohibi
ID al amendmentto the CONSTITUTION, lis
adoption now goes to the people. The pro
hbitionlsts have organized with capita
of $500, COO and the Liquor Dealers Asso
citation $3.50, 600, with which to make thu
fight. Temperance orators from through
out the Union are to speak III every tow
and county in the State.
Mr. Scheffer wealthy iron manufactu
rer of Pennsylvania, purchased sometime
ago SO, 600 acres of land in Washington
county, from w. A. Stuart. lie recently
bought the arm OF Henry Mock IA miles
from Abingdon, for IS coo, and will al
once map off town and begin the cree
ton of hundred houses and three iroi,
furnaces. 1t lies OF Laurel river. A rail
road will be built to Abingdon, or to some
point to connect with The Norfolk aud
Western.
James Z. Eads. the most distinguished
civil engineer i'll the United States, died al
n assua, New Providence, On the 9th
aged 81 years. where he had gone for his
heath. He projected the Tehauntepec
Ship Railroad, devised and furnished thf
government with its first and most useful
armared steam boat, built the great ST.
Louis Bridge, and introduced the jetty
system for deepening the channel Of thu
Mississippi river. lie Was native OF
Lawrenceburg. Ind.
A charter has been granted by the cit,
Judge of Roanoke for street railroad
Tue Company has been organized with
Taomas Lewis. Chairman, and Fleming
Christian, Treasurer. MIR. Christian was
for number Of years lesident OF Ssaun-
ton. a I'd one of the most promising young
men who ever lived here. We see that be
is meeting the expectations OF his friends.
ana is tdklbS plUu lSH1 pOolllouS al ca
business enterprises at his adopted home.
Not long since we noticed that he had been
elected President Of the Savings Bank, re
Gently organized in Roanoke. We are al
ways gratilied to notice the success of the
y,ung men Of the state, and especially OF
th ,se of whom we had previously formed
favorable opinion.
The committee Of the Southern Passen-
ger Agents Convention, which met in
Washing on recently. las decided upon
the general national drill rate for all trav
elers. Under the interstate commerce
law it is understood they cannot make dis
elimination in favor of persons, SO the
committee has decided to give the cheap
spldiers' rate to citizen travellers ALSO
Three quarters OF enc cent per mile is The
rate fixed for parties OF not less than TWEEN
ty-fve IN one patty. for short line distance
trovalpd frn,n all nointS Ia Washinrtor